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Re:Why 2016 is such a terrible year for the Mac by CSDude on Saturday November 05, 2016 @05:29PM (#12881989)
I ageee, also CPUs do not really get much faster over years and I/O is more likely to matter to most applications. Only reason to upgrade just for processor would be for longer battery times, but it is already long enough for 2015mbp.
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Re:Why 2016 is such a terrible year for the Mac by jcoffland on Saturday November 05, 2016 @05:35PM (#12882020)
> CPUs do not really get much faster over years

This is a relatively new development. 15 years ago CPU speeds were increasing like mad.

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